Cinnamon Chocolate Brownies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 3 eggs
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ancho chili peppers or 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
• 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate pieces or 1/3 cup bittersweet chocolate piece
• 2 tablespoons hot strong coffee
• powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f; grease a 9x9x2 inch baking dish.
• 2 in a medium sauce pan melt butter over low heat.
• 3 whisk in sugar and water.
• 4 whisk in eggs, oil, and vanilla until combined.
• 5 stir in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and chile pepper or cayenne.
• 6 stir in chocolate.
• 7 pour batter into pan and bake for 23 to 25 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 8 let cool for 10 minutes then remove from pan to wire rack.
• 9 brush with hot coffee, then cool completely.
• 10 cut into bars and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar.